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3D Part Download Stats: Record Year for Manufacturer CAD Delivery (2022 Stats)
644,018,189 manufacturer CAD, BIM, and PDF files were downloaded from CADENAS portals in 2022. This corresponds to slightly more than 1,764,433 downloads per day, or 20 CAD, CAE and BIM models per second. This data shows the continuous growth of…
MoreBIM vs. CAD – What’s the difference?
BIM vs. CAD: Today’s engineering and architectural space is a thriving ecosystem of software, tools, and terminology. Among the most often confused are BIM and CAD. These two terms are closely related, yet quite different in form and function. …
MoreWhat Industrial Marketers Need To Know About STEP files
“STEP,” “STEP model,” and “STEP files” are terms that are casually thrown around in the industrial space. An engineer might say, “Just send ’em a STEP file,” or “Hold on, I’ll STEP this out for you.” Many marketers get enough…
MoreHow to Differentiate Components in a Commodity Market
How to make commodity parts stand out in the market In this interview, Joseph Lewin from CADENAS PARTsolutions speaks with Stefanie Casimir. Stefanie is the Global Product Marketing Manager for ABB Nema Motors and has 20 years of experience in…
MoreField Research is Vital for Industrial Marketers
In this interview, Joseph Lewin from CADENAS PARTsolutions speaks with Paul Hepperla. Paul is Vice President, Solutions Strategy, Cold Chain at Emerson. He has over 28 years of experience in everything from marketing, to sales, to strategy and business development. Is…
MoreHow to Break Out of Single-digit Growth in a Commodity Market
In this interview, Joseph Lewin from CADENAS PARTsolutions speaks with Ravi Kyasaram. Ravi was formerly responsible for growth strategy of the Cold Chain division at Emerson. Ravi is an engineer turned growth strategist with an extensive background in leadership at…
MoreWhat Is Torque?
Need help with common engineering terms? Check out our engineering terminology guide for the basics. As Andy Dwyer might say, “I don’t know what torque is, and at this point I’m too afraid to ask.” The word “torque” gets tossed…
MoreWhat are Digital Twins Video Interview
Digital Twin Interview with Action Engineering The digital twin interview is with Jennifer Herron, Founder & CEO, and Rhiannon Gallager, Chief Social Scientist, at Action Engineering. Action Engineering helps organizations large and small achieve their Model-Based Enterprise goals by motivating…
MoreMachine Learning & Predictive Maintenance
What is machine learning? Machine learning is math, statistics, and probability analyzed at scale by leveraging computers. A plant manager or business leader with 30+ years of experience has insight and intuition that helps them make business decisions. That’s what…
MoreHow to Generate Manufacturer Sales Leads by Providing Online CAD & BIM Downloads
The marketing world spent 2020 in a holding pattern. We went week-to-week with little information to build and execute our marketing strategy. This hit the “trade shows” area particularly hard. People couldn’t gather to meet and share ideas or learn…
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